google street view goes underwater

google maps underwater street view

google has introduced an underwater feature to their street view maps. the new development provides panoramic virtual scuba tours  through 6 reefs, heron, lady elliot and wilson islands at the great barrier reef, molokini crater and hanauma bay in hawaii and the apo islands in the philippines.

by collaborating with the catlin seaview survey, a submersible underwater camera equipped with three high-resolution wide-angle lenses captured 24 megapixel photographs from each lens every four seconds, offering 360 degree views of each reef.

google maps underwater street view video

view of the heron island reef

low-light image capture detail

via boing boing